Robocallers doing a number on the Do Not Call list

Average monthly complaints have jumped a whopping 63% from 2011

8:41 PM,
Aug. 26, 2013

Written by

Megan Kowalski and Meghan Hoyer, USA TODAY

The average monthly complaints from consumers who signed up for the national Do Not Call list but still are getting telemarketing calls have jumped 63% from 2011, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission, which maintains the list.

Much of the blame is on a proliferation of computerized robocalls, according to Lois Greisman, FTC's director of marketing practices.

Illegal robocall operations are taking advantage of increasingly sophisticated technology that has made it easier and easier to simultaneously send thousands of robocalls costing less than one cent per minute, ...